Brian May
Department: Acting
Biography
Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He was the co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, and bass player John Deacon. As a member of Queen, he became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work, often using a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. He has a short cameo in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Known For
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
Queen at the BBC
2021
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
2004
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
1993
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
1992
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
2001
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
2012
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023
Rhapsody Over London
2022
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
2014
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
ABBA V Queen
2022
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
2016
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
Queen: Days of Our Lives
2011
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
2014
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
2019
Rock: the origin
2023
Queen: Rock Case Studies
2007
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
Queen: Days of Our Lives
1991
We Will Rock You
1982
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
1974
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
2006
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011
Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991
Guitar
1991
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
1977
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
2015
My Chemical Romance: Readings
2011
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
2004
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
2020
Queen: Live Aid
1985
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
2024
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
2013
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
2015
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
2024
Red Hot Rock
1984
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
2024
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
1989
The Queen Phenomenon
1995
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
2002
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
Queen: A Magic Year
2012
Live Killers
1979
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
1989
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
2013
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
2002
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
2016
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
2007
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987
Queen: Greatest Flix
1981
Queen: Live in Argentina
1981
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
2012
Killer Queen!
2002
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
1991
Queen: On the Rock Trail
2006
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
Queen: Music Video Box Documentary
2006
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
2002
Queen: Bohemian Champions - Interviews
2006
Queen: Live In Rio
1985
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
1976
Queen: Will Rock You
2014
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
1975
Queen: Definitive Houston
1977
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
1986
Queen: Live in Tokyo
1979
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
1993
Queen: Rock the World
2017
Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
Live Aid
1985
Life After Flash
2017
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
2016
Inside the Rhapsody
2002
Queen: An Evening At The Concert Hall
1977
Queen : The American Dream
2017
Queen: Live At Budokan
1979
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
2011
The Day We Walked on the Moon
2019
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
2013
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016
Pavarotti & Friends
1992
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
2019
The Queen Special
1980
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
2020
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
2020
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
2020
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
2019
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
2020
Live Aid
2004
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
1987
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
2020
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
1982
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QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
2017
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
2007
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024
The Rory Gallagher Story
2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
Queen - Heaven
2001
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
2006
The Story of the Yardbirds
2008
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
2003
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
The Look and Sound of Queen
2019
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
2014
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
2024
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Queen: Queen I
1973
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
Domenica In
1976
Foxes Live: Wild in the City
2012
The Michael Ball Show
2010
This Morning
1988
Classic Albums
1997
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Daytime Live
1987
Evening Urgant
2012
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951
Question Time
1979
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
Numéro un
1975
Young Music Show
1978
Newscast
2020
Reunited Apart
2020
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
Parkinson
1998
Téléthon
1987
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012
Great Performances
1971
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
2025
The Story of Musicals
2012
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010
The BRIT Awards
1977
American Idol
2002